West Jacksonville man arrested in wife's stabbing

Wednesday

A 47-year-old West Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with stabbing his wife in the neck after evading police for two days this week.

Christopher Lee Imler was booked in the Duval County jail Tuesday on charges of aggravated domestic battery with a deadly weapon and previous stalking of his wife, 54-year-old Karren Imler.

Karren Imler was stabbed in the throat about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, about a month after Christopher Imler had a standoff with a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office SWAT team at Wagon Road and Beaver Street.

In Sunday's incident, a police report said the woman was stabbed in her throat after her husband became angry when the two were drinking. Karren Imler was treated for her injuries at Shands Jacksonville hospital where she was released while her husband went on the run.

Christopher Imler was being held on a $150,000 bail Wednesday in jail. That's where he was released after posting a $10,000 bail after the July 23 SWAT incident and domestic battery charge.

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